Conference 7.286::maynard

	Reinactments take place in both Lexington and Concord.  However, 
	you may be hearing volleys and drums from local Minute Men as
	they assembly and have local events prior to marching (or in
	some cases, taking the bus) to Lexington or Concord.

	For example, Acton had a wreath laying in Acton center at about 
	6:30 accompanied by a three volley salute before marching to Concord.

	David

    Also, depending on where you live, the Minutemen may be walking right
    past your house.  When we first bought our house on Summer St., I told
    my wife that the Stow Minutemen walk by our house at about 5:30 AM
    playing the fife & drum.  She thought I was nuts.  Now it's an event
    that even the kids wake up for.
    
    					Steve

    
    The stow minutemen come down summer street to Concord street at the
    corner of Concord and Acton the Asabet Village (Maynard) minute men are 
    picked up for the continued march to Concord Bridge.
    
    

>    The stow minutemen come down summer street to Concord street at the
>    corner of Concord and Acton the Asabet Village (Maynard) minute men are 
>    picked up for the continued march to Concord Bridge.

That explains it !!   We live on Maple St, they went right past the 
end of our street.  

You know, I could figure out that the sound of the cannons or muskets 
would travel great distances,  but I could not figure out how regular 
rat-tat-tat-tat of drums would travel miles.    

    If you are talking about the actual day, April 19, not the day most
    towns celebrate it - then you are hearing Sudbury.
    
    Sudbury men assemble at the Sudbury Common and march over Concord Road,
    cross 117 and head down Dutton to Concord.  "WE" want to be authentic
    and are the only town, that I know of, who stuck to the actual day when
    the state decided to make it a three day weekend and always celebrate
    it on Monday.  I hear the guns from my house near Mossman Road and 117
    in Sudbury.

.2>    When we first bought our house on Summer St., I told
.2>    my wife that the Stow Minutemen walk by our house at about 5:30 AM
.2>    playing the fife & drum.  She thought I was nuts.  
				
    I presume that now your wife knows about the Stow Minutemen, but she
    still think's you're nuts, right?  They look to me like independent
    events.

    Just kidding...

    -Steve

That goes without saying, Steve!  My reply to her is, "I started to go 
haywire about 10 wedding anniversaries ago, ok love?"  :-)

    Regarding .5 and others, I think I should note that over 50% of
    the original *patriots* from Sudbury and Stow were from the Assabet
    Village, which is now known as the town of Maynard.  In fact, the
    mother of Isaac Davis, Acton's hero in the battle, was born and 
    raised on Summer Street, on the corner of Summer Hill Road, in
    Maynard.
    
    Frank

    Re: -1
    
    The WE was meant to say, "We in Sudbury were the only ones to stick to
    the regular day and stay authentic."   So WE march alone and I don't
    see where the fun in that is, quite frankly.  Also Sudbury used to
    allow the Boy Scouts to march a ways with them and cut that out because
    it wasn't authentic.  Sometimes I think that WE are a bunch of stuffed
    shirts.
    
    Actually, Frank, part of Maynard and Stow was included in Sudbury for a
    spell.  And don't forget East Sudbury, AKA Wayland.
    
    Mary Lou

    
    Stow,and the Asabet Village minutemen use to meet Sudbury at the Rotary by
    the Prison for the march in to Concord Bridge.

re: .9 (Mary Lou)

>    Also Sudbury used to
>    allow the Boy Scouts to march a ways with them and cut that out because
>    it wasn't authentic.  Sometimes I think that WE are a bunch of stuffed
>    shirts.

You know what happens if you let every little organization join in that wants
to march, don't you?  Just look at South Boston's Vet's parade.

Keep it simple.  Keep it authentic.

Cliff